GUWAHATI: Left-arm seamer Doug Bollinger grabbed five for 35 to set up Australia’s six-wicket victory over India in the sixth one-dayer on Sunday for an unassailable 4-2 lead in the seven-match series.



New ball bowler Bollinger dismissed Sachin Tendulkar (10) and Yuvraj Singh (6) off successive overs in his opening spell before claiming Mahendra Dh   Read More...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan booked a place in the final round of the next year’s hockey World Cup with a convincing 3-1 win over Japan in the final match of the qualifiers at Lille (France) on Sunday.



Penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas scored twice off the short corner set-pieces on either side of the half time whistle to steer Pakistan team to victory   Read More...

KINGSTON: Chris Gayle is widely known for smashing sixes off bowlers of any type but this aggressive batsman became victim of a player who has no relation with cricket.

However, he is not an ordinary person but the fastest athlete of the world Usain Bolt who knocked off the wicket of Gayle.

Both players’ birth place is Jamaica and their common value   Read More...

LAHORE: National level road cycle race organized by Pakistan Cycling Federation(PCF) kicked off here. Sixty cyclists are taking part in the event.

The teams of Sindh, Punjab, NWFP,Balochistan, FATA,Railway, Army, Wapda and Sui Gas participating in the race that begun from Punjab stadium. The cyclists will cover the distance of 178 kilometer from Lahore to Sa   Read More...

JAMAICA: Jamaica sprinter and world record-holder Usain Bolt, centre, signs autographs for his fans after being decorated with the Order of Jamaica, the country's fourth-highest honour, Monday.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, has received one of his native country's highest honours.

Bolt received the Order of Jamaica during Mon   Read More...

Sydney: Hampered by injuries to key players, the Australian cricket team took off for India to play a seven-match ODI series with skipper Ricky Ponting conceding that despite their Champions Trophy debacle, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men would be hard to beat in home conditions.

"They will be particularly hard to beat in India, they always are. They definitely pl   Read More...

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket team captain Younis Khan said he was overwhelmed with the support he had received from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman.

"The faith that the chairman and the board has placed in me again, it's good to know. The support that I have received from the board and the country through this time has been fantastic."

Younis said   Read More...

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director General Javed Miandad has said that the PCB should seriously think about closing down the Women’s Wing if they cannot manage the affairs of women’s cricket in Pakistan.

Speaking to Dawn on Tuesday, the former captain said that there should be a proper system of running things in the Women’s Wing. ‘But I have no i   Read More...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cricket chief Ijaz Butt will attempt to talk Younis Khan into resuming the captaincy, after quitting in protest at allegations of match-fixing.

‘I have planned a meeting with him in a couple of days and I hope to convince him,’ Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Butt told the Associated Press on Wednesday.

Khan resigned on Tuesday so   Read More...

LAHORE: Sports Minister of Punjab Dr. Tanveerul Islam has demanded postponement of National Games due to deteriorating law and order situation in NWFP. The games will be held next month in Peshawar.

Talking to Geo News here, provincial minister said security situation in NWFP is not satisfactory at the moment and he will not allow Punjab contingent to take pa   Read More...

WELLINGTON: Injury-plagued New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram announced Tuesday he is retiring from Test cricket in a bid to prolong his career in the shorter forms of the game.

The 31-year-old, forced out of the recent Champions Trophy one-day tournament with a hamstring injury, said he would continue to be available for one-day internationals and Twenty20 c   Read More...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cricket team captain Younis Khan resigned at the meeting of the National Assembly’s standing committee for sports here today.

He tendered his resignation amid heated discussion at the meeting after chairman standing committee Jamshed Dasti alleged the national team for match fixing.

However, chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) I   Read More...

CENTURION: New Zealand succeeded in completing 50 overs as they made exactly 200 runs for nine wickets against Australia in the final of the sixth ICC Champions Trophy here at the Super Sport Park on Monday.

Winning the toss, New Zealand stand-in captain Brendon McCullum elected to bat and set a target of 201 runs for Australia.

The main scorers for   Read More...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro was ready to party, and it had the best of reasons _ winning the 2016 Olympics.

Rio citizens celebrated by jamming bars along Copacabana beach,sipping the famed caipirinhas to savor one of the city's proudest moments.

A huge roar from the crowd of nearly 50,000 people was heard at the famed beach the moment Internationa   Read More...

CENTURION: Australia have qualified for the final of the sixth ICC Champions Trophy defeating England by nine wickets here here at the Super Sport Park on Friday.

Chasing a moderate target of 258, Australia lost opener Tim Paine at only four runs on the board but captain Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson took their team to victory with 49 balls remaining.
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CENTURION: Captain Ricky Ponting became the third batsman to reach 12,000 one-day international (ODI) runs as he guided Australia to a nine-wicket win over England in Friday's Champions Trophy semi-final.

Ponting hit 111 not out and Shane Watson thumped an unbeaten 136, the pair sharing an unbroken second-wicket partnership of 252 to set Australia up for a fi   Read More...

JOHANNESBURG: Pakistan will meet New Zealand on Saturday (today) in the second semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy here at Wanderer Cricket Stadium, which will be played under the floodlights.

Younus Khan will lead the green shirts while Denial Vettori the Black Cap. Pakistan were second in their Group-A after aggregating 4 points by beating West Indies an   Read More...

Pakistan's bowlers were magnificent in their defence of a modest total, but could not deny Australia a thrilling last-ball victory that ensured their progression to a fourth consecutive Champions Trophy semi-final. The Australians were at one stage coasting at 140 for 2 in pursuit of Pakistan's target of 206, only to lose six wickets for 47 in a dizzying 12-over seque   Read More...

KARACHI: While relations between nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India are tense off pitch, some fans and cricket greats hope the Champions Trophy will bring the nations closer.



Come Wednesday, Indians will be cheering for a Pakistan win against Australia in the Group A clash of the Champions Trophy in South Africa, a victory that could also   Read More...

JOHANNESBURG: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and decided to field first against England in the last match of Group B in the ICC Champions Trophy here at the Wanderers Stadium on Tuesday.

New Zealand made two changes as Hopkins replaced Ryder and Butler replaced Tuffey while Sidebottom comes in for Onions for England.

AJ Strauss (capt   Read More...

CENTURION: India will face tough Australians in the ICC Champions Trophy today, when it is imperative for her to defeat the rivals in a bid to retain its place in the event.

This vital match between India and Australia will kick off at 2.30 P.M. (local time) here today. The Indian team shall have to win both the matches in order to remain in the event.
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CENTURION: Pakistan captain Younis Khan has said he was determined to play through pain in the big match against India in the Champions Trophy here on Saturday.

Younis returned to lead the side despite not having recovered completely from a finger injury suffered during a warm-up match. He also missed his team’s opening match against the West Indies.

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Pakistan 302-9 (Shoaib Malik 128, Mohammad Yousuf 87) beat
India 248 (Dravid 76, Gambhir 57) by 54 runs
Scorecard
ICC Champions Trophy Group A

When India and Pakistan meet in any form of cricket, it is rare that they put on a poor show and a 54-run for Pakistan in their ICC Champions Trophy Group A match was no exception.

Shoaib Malik and   Read More...

JOHANNESBURG: Pakistan’s new bowling sensation Mohammad Aamer plans to target India’s master blaster Sachin Tendulkar in their crucial Champions Trophy match at Centurion on Saturday.

Aamer, 18, said Tendulkar’s scalp early in the Indian innings was all that he wanted. ‘I would love to have his (Tendulkar’s) wicket. He is a great player. His is a dream wicket   Read More...

CENTURION: Pakistan defeated India by 54 runs in the Champions Trophy here on Saturday. Shoaib Malik was named the Man of the Match.



Brief scores: Pakistan 302-9 in 50 overs; India 248 in 44.5 overs.



At the presentation ceremony, the winning captain Younis Khan said: 'It was a very great performance by the batsmen. It was a fan   Read More...